1
H8141
And it came to pass, after the year
H8666
had ended
H6256
, at the time
H4428 H4397 [H8675]
when kings
H3318 [H8800]
go forth
H1732
to battle, that David
H7971 [H8799]
sent
H3097
Joab
H5650
, and his servants
H3478
with him, and all Israel
H7843 [H8686]
; and they destroyed
H1121
the children
H5983
of Ammon
H6696 [H8799]
, and destroyed
H7237
Rabbah
H1732
. But David
H3427 [H8802]
tarried still
H3389
at Jerusalem.
2
H6153 H6256
And it came to pass in an evening
H1732
, that David
H6965 [H8799]
arose
H4904
from off his bed
H1980 [H8691]
, and walked
H1406
upon the roof
H4428
of the king's
H1004
house
H1406
: and from the roof
H7200 [H8799]
he saw
H802
a woman
H7364 [H8801]
washing
H802
herself; and the woman
H3966
was very
H2896
beautiful
H4758
to look upon.
3
H1732
And David
H7971 [H8799]
sent
H1875 [H8799]
and enquired
H802
after the woman
H559 [H8799]
. And one said
H1339
, Is not this Bathsheba
H1323
, the daughter
H463
of Eliam
H802
, the wife
H223
of Uriah
H2850
the Hittite?
4
H1732
And David
H7971 [H8799]
sent
H4397
messengers
H3947 [H8799]
, and took
H935 [H8799]
her; and she came in
H7901 [H8799]
to him, and he lay
H6942 [H8693]
with her; for she was purified
H2932
from her uncleanness
H7725 [H8799]
: and she returned
H1004
to her house.
5
H802
And the woman
H2029 [H8799]
conceived
H7971 [H8799]
, and sent
H5046 [H8686]
and told
H1732
David
H559 [H8799]
, and said
H2030
, I am with child.
6
H1732
And David
H7971 [H8799]
sent
H3097
to Joab
H7971 [H8798]
, saying, Send
H223
me Uriah
H2850
the Hittite
H3097
. And Joab
H7971 [H8799]
sent
H223
Uriah
H1732
to David.
7
H223
And when Uriah
H935 [H8799]
had come
H1732
to him, David
H7592 [H8799]
enquired
H3097
of him how Joab
H7965
did
H5971
, and how the people
H7965
did
H4421
, and how the war
H7965
prospered.
8
H1732
And David
H559 [H8799]
said
H223
to Uriah
H3381 [H8798]
, Go down
H1004
to thy house
H7364 [H8798]
, and wash
H7272
thy feet
H223
. And Uriah
H3318 [H8799]
departed out
H4428
of the king's
H1004
house
H310
, and there followed
H4864
him a present
H4428
from the king.
9
H223
But Uriah
H7901 [H8799]
slept
H6607
at the door
H4428
of the king's
H1004
house
H5650
with all the servants
H113
of his lord
H3381 [H8804]
, and went not down
H1004
to his house.
10
H5046 [H8686]
And when they had told
H1732
David
H559 [H8800]
, saying
H223
, Uriah
H3381 [H8804]
went not down
H1004
to his house
H1732
, David
H559 [H8799]
said
H223
to Uriah
H935 [H8802]
, Camest
H1870
thou not from thy journey
H3381 [H8804]
? why then didst thou not go down
H1004
to thy house?
11
H223
And Uriah
H559 [H8799]
said
H1732
to David
H727
, The ark
H3478
, and Israel
H3063
, and Judah
H3427 [H8802]
, abide
H5521
in tents
H113
; and my lord
H3097
Joab
H5650
, and the servants
H113
of my lord
H2583 [H8802]
, are encamped
H6440
in the open
H7704
fields
H589
; shall I
H935 [H8799]
then go
H1004
into my house
H398 [H8800]
, to eat
H8354 [H8800]
and to drink
H7901 [H8800]
, and to lie
H802
with my wife
H2416
? as thou livest
H5315
, and as thy soul
H2416
liveth
H6213 [H8799]
, I will not do
H1697
this thing.
12
H1732
And David
H559 [H8799]
said
H223
to Uriah
H3427 [H8798]
, Tarry
H3117
here to day
H4279
also, and to morrow
H7971 [H8762]
I will let thee depart
H223
. So Uriah
H3427 [H8799]
abode
H3389
in Jerusalem
H3117
that day
H4283
, and the next.
13
H1732
And when David
H7121 [H8799]
had called
H398 [H8799]
him, he ate
H8354 [H8799]
and drank
H6440
before
H7937 [H8762]
him; and he made him drunk
H6153
: and at evening
H3318 [H8799]
he went out
H7901 [H8800]
to lie
H4904
on his bed
H5650
with the servants
H113
of his lord
H3381 [H8804]
, but went not down
H1004
to his house.
14
H1242
And it came to pass in the morning
H1732
, that David
H3789 [H8799]
wrote
H5612
a letter
H3097
to Joab
H7971 [H8799]
, and sent
H3027
it by the hand
H223
of Uriah.
15
H3789 [H8799]
And he wrote
H5612
in the letter
H559 [H8800]
, saying
H3051 [H8798]
, Set
H223
ye Uriah
H6440 H4136
in the front line
H2389
of the hottest
H4421
battle
H7725 [H8804]
, and retire
H310
ye from him
H5221 [H8738]
, that he may be smitten
H4191 [H8804]
, and die.
16
H3097
And it came to pass, when Joab
H8104 [H8800]
observed
H5892
the city
H5414 [H8799]
, that he assigned
H223
Uriah
H4725
to a place
H3045 [H8804]
where he knew
H2428
that valiant
H582
men were.
17
H582
And the men
H5892
of the city
H3318 [H8799]
went out
H3898 [H8735]
, and fought
H3097
with Joab
H5307 [H8799]
: and there fell
H5971
some of the people
H5650
of the servants
H1732
of David
H223
; and Uriah
H2850
the Hittite
H4191 [H8799]
died also.
18
H3097
Then Joab
H7971 [H8799]
sent
H5046 [H8686]
and told
H1732
David
H1697
all the things
H4421
concerning the war;
19
H6680 [H8762]
And charged
H4397
the messenger
H559 [H8800]
, saying
H3615 [H8763]
, When thou hast finished
H1696 [H8763]
telling
H1697
the matters
H4421
of the war
H4428
to the king,
20
H4428
And if the king's
H2534
wrath
H5927 [H8799]
shall rise
H559 [H8804]
, and he shall say
H5066 [H8738]
to thee, Why approached ye so near
H5892
to the city
H3898 [H8736]
for the fight
H3045 [H8804]
? knew
H3384 [H8686]
ye not that they would shoot
H2346
from the wall?
21
H5221 [H8689]
Who smote
H40
Abimelech
H1121
the son
H3380
of Jerubbesheth
H802
? did not a woman
H7993 [H8689]
cast
H6400
a piece
H7393
of a millstone
H2346
upon him from the wall
H4191 [H8799]
, that he died
H8405
in Thebez
H5066 [H8738]
? why went ye near
H2346
the wall
H559 [H8804]
? then say
H5650
thou, Thy servant
H223
Uriah
H2850
the Hittite
H4191 [H8804]
is dead also.
22
H4397
So the messenger
H3212 [H8799]
went
H935 [H8799]
, and came
H5046 [H8686]
and showed
H1732
David
H3097
all that Joab
H7971 [H8804]
had sent him for.
23
H4397
And the messenger
H559 [H8799]
said
H1732
to David
H582
, Surely the men
H1396 [H8804]
prevailed
H3318 [H8799]
against us, and came out
H7704
to us into the field
H6607
, and we were upon them even to the entrance
H8179
of the gate.
24
H3384 [H8688]
And the shooters
H3384 [H8686]
shot
H2346
from off the wall
H5650
upon thy servants
H4428
; and some of the king's
H5650
servants
H4191 [H8799]
are dead
H5650
, and thy servant
H223
Uriah
H2850
the Hittite
H4191 [H8804]
is dead also.
25
H1732
Then David
H559 [H8799]
said
H4397
to the messenger
H559 [H8799]
, Thus shalt thou say
H3097
to Joab
H1697
, Let not this thing
H3415 H5869 [H8799]
displease
H2719
thee, for the sword
H398 [H8799]
devoureth
H2090
one as well as another
H4421
: make thy battle
H2388 [H8685]
more strong
H5892
against the city
H2040 [H8798]
, and overthrow
H2388 [H8761]
it: and encourage thou him.
26
H802
And when the wife
H223
of Uriah
H8085 [H8799]
heard
H223
that Uriah
H376
her husband
H4191 [H8804]
was dead
H5594 [H8799]
, she mourned
H1167
for her husband.
27
H60
And when the mourning
H5674 [H8799]
was past
H1732
, David
H7971 [H8799]
sent
H622 [H8799]
and brought
H1004
her to his house
H802
, and she became his wife
H3205 [H8799]
, and bore
H1121
him a son
H1697
. But the thing
H1732
that David
H6213 [H8804]
had done
H3415 H5869 [H8799]
displeased
H3068
the LORD.